"Ms. Gong, I have to come up with 10,000 taels of silver at once. Where can I get it?" Mrs. Su was embarrassed when she heard that her father-in-law and her husband each donated 5,000 taels of silver. There is only more than six thousand taels of silver in the family's account. Su Xiang said, if not, the dowry and betrothal gifts of Su Yang and Su Zhenzhen should be moved first, and they would have to be delivered tomorrow.
"Wha, what? Did I hear it wrong?" Mrs. Su thought there was something wrong with her ears. For the first time, I asked my husband again.
"As you heard, the initiator of this fundraising is Wen Wan. I didn't expect this child to have such courage at such a young age. It's really rare. It's a pity. It would be great if he was a boy. But he is a woman." Su Xian sighed.
"She donated all the money, what will she use as a betrothal gift in the future? After she really gets married, won't she have to suffer?" Mrs. Su doesn't have such high righteousness. Her heart ached when she heard it. He gritted his teeth and scraped together the ten thousand taels he could get. But Wen Wan, that's a lot of money. She also thought that Shang Tang was definitely not good at all, at least Zhenzhen would definitely be rich in the future. Now there is not even such an advantage, and such a good daughter has to marry a pauper.
"A woman's opinion." Su Xian scolded her rudely, not bothering to talk to her. I went to the study room and discussed the follow-up work with my father.
"Master, why did you donate so much money this time? In the past, when I encountered this kind of situation, I usually donated one thousand taels to top it off. This time I donated five thousand taels. Your annual salary totals only two thousand taels." If you add two more taels, the total may be only five or six thousand taels of silver. At this time, all the income for the year will be lost. What do you want this big family to eat?" Mrs. Fang had a headache.
"You think I don't know? But for third-grade officials and above, the salary is 5,000 to 10,000 taels. I am already the least. No matter how little it is, I would be embarrassed to report it. If it is really underreported, After being noticed by the emperor, my career in this life is over. Chaochen basically thought the same way. "Master Fang also had a headache. He originally planned to donate up to 2,000 taels, but he reported it earlier. There are more than five thousand people in total. I have no choice but to pretend to be fat. Otherwise, it will be registered in front of the emperor.
"What's going on this time? Why are you so generous? What's the reason?" Mrs. Fang is also a smart person. I sensed something was wrong.
"The emperor told his distinguished ministers and officials, both civil and military, that Princess Wenwan had sold all her property and donated more than 1.4 million taels of silver in order to raise money for the victims. Then he asked us how much we planned to donate Think about it. With such an example, all the property was sold and donated. Even King Chun donated 200,000 taels. Prince Zhi also donated 100,000 taels. A year's salary is enough. The officials below have no choice but to bite the bullet. If they don't do it, the tax incident will be the same. Same thing." Mr. Fang smiled bitterly, it was really a generous move. All his net worth, more than one million taels of silver, will be donated at will. If it were me, I wouldn't know if I would let it go.
"More than one million taels of silver, all donated? Master, are you mistaken? Princess Wen Wan is usually the most stingy. How could she donate all her wealth now? Could it be a rumor?" Mrs. Fang Asked somewhat disbelievingly.
"If the emperor said it in front of all the civil and military officials, this can still be considered a lie. In addition to the house where he lived, he also had several acres of unclaimed farmland, all of which were donated. This child is really capable. It's a rumor. It was a rumor that he wanted to hoard food before! I said that the child was a smart person and would not do such a simple thing, but now he is making a big fool of himself. Amazed.
"I usually look at Princess Wenwan as gentle and gentle. I didn't expect to be so courageous. They say she is an iron rooster whose feathers are plucked by geese. Look at it from now on. Who dares to say that she is an iron rooster? We need to let our Yutong Duoduo Learn from her." Mrs. Fang laughed when she saw this.
"If you don't have enough money, you can pawn a few things first." Mr. Fang knows his family's situation.
"No, last year I became a member with the princess and earned more than 2,000 taels. I also have a private house of more than 2,000 taels, and I can withdraw any less from my account. After this year, life will be tighter." Mrs. Fang didn't care. . Lord Fang nodded.
"Okay, okay, I want to donate too. I want to learn from Wen Wan." Yutong immediately rummaged through the box.
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"I knew before that the princess transferred 20% of the rouge stock in her hand to me, so I felt strange. I didn't expect that she actually had such a plan. It's more than one million taels, so I'll donate it if I want. Not ambiguous at all," Mrs. Hua praised.
"Who says it's not the case? Maybe Brother Song is right. There are so many disciples among us, but maybe we are not as good as him."?A female disciple. Can our house raise five thousand taels of silver in three days? "" Mr. Hua sighed. He turned to his wife.
"There are more than 3,000 taels of silver in the account. If the difference is not enough, I will pawn it for something else. If it really doesn't work, I can't help but borrow some money." Mrs. Hua didn't feel sorry for the money donated by Mr. Hua at all. It would be better to donate them all, so as to save a concubine from giving her a headache every day because of money inheritance. She wants to control her husband's intolerance, and her mother-in-law blames her, which is a lot of bad things.
Mrs. Hua actually has a very rich private estate, otherwise she would have taken over immediately if she had said Wen Wan would transfer shares. But she has no son, so these things will not all be left to her daughter in the future. She must buy a generous dowry for her daughter. I won't try to cheapen this starter. Mrs. Hua was busy and went to her daughter's boudoir.
When Meier saw her mother coming, she quickly put down the rusty handkerchief and stood up to greet her. I personally brought tea to my mother.
"You are usually a careless person, especially you don't care about money and things, and you don't even care about women's needlework. In the past two years, no matter how much mother has done for this, she still can't let you do it. Change. I didn¡¯t expect that being with Princess Wen Wan for more than a year would make you change a lot," Mrs. Hua said happily.
"Mom, that's because my daughter doesn't know their importance. I know, you have to pretend to be nice. Mom, are you okay?" Mel is as smart as a child. I understood immediately.
"I'm just sighing, so I came to see you. Think about Princess Wenwan. At only 10 years old, she can run a family and manage the house properly. If you get married in the future, you can also be like a princess. , Manage the inner house well and don't get bullied, then mother won't have to worry." Mrs. Hua touched her daughter's head. This daughter was obtained after she prayed to God and Buddha for many years. After so many years, with just a little bit of flesh and blood, I naturally hope that she will get better.
"Wen Wan, Wen Wan loves money especially, you don't want me to be like her!" Meier burst out laughing. Her favorite thing is to tease Wen Wan about her love of money.
"Who in the world doesn't love money? If you don't have money, you can't even buy a needle or thread. However, as long as you don't take advantage of money. You don't know it yet, but you always like to make fun of money-loving gentleness and sell all your property. I raised 1,487,000 taels of silver and donated it all to the court, so don¡¯t look at people at face value. It's so stingy as it is said." She touched her daughter's head and said lovingly.
Hua Meier stood up suddenly and asked in disbelief, "Mom, are you telling the truth? I know that Wen Wan is not stingy, nor does she love money as much as others say. I said this just to tease her. That¡¯s it. But mother, is what you just said true? It¡¯s not a misinformation, right?¡±
After waiting for the news to be confirmed, Hua Meier¡¯s expression changed again and again. Finally, she shook her head and said, "I underestimated her. I don't know if she was annoyed with me at the time."
"Of course I won't, otherwise I won't be friends with you. Mom is telling you this. I hope you don't look at people and things at face value in the future. Otherwise, you will easily suffer a big loss. From now on, follow me. Stay with the princess and learn from her. I know you have suffered a lot in the past few years. But there is no place in this world where you can't be wronged." He held his daughter's hand and said bitterly.
"Mom, I feel sorry for you. You take care of your father day and night, but he only sees his son. Grandma is always making things difficult for you. Why are they doing this? It's not because you can't be like them, mother. Mom, I don't want this. Mom, I'm not wronged, I'm wronged for you." Her father's partiality, her grandmother's ruthlessness, and her mother's silent tears filled her heart with anger. Just because he is not a son, he has to let his mother endure the difficulties of his concubines and the oppression of his grandmother. She wanted to resist but couldn't, so she simply ignored him. Now I know that it is wrong, even if it is unfair, I still have to fight for it.
"You know why mother asked you to accompany the princess in the first place. You really thought that mother was interested in money, and she was planning for you." Hua Meier looked at her mother strangely, not knowing why her mother Say something like this. Could it be that her mother didn't give her as a gift in order to do more business with Wen Wan.
"Mom, you are just a daughter, and the dowry has been prepared for you a long time ago. Mom is already so old, so what do you need so much money for? You only know that the princess was sent to Zhuangzi when she was a child, and suffered some hardships, but you don't know What happened to Princess Wenwan?" Looking at her daughter's confused look, she gently smoothed the hair hanging down from her forehead.
"The princess was sent to a village in the countryside less than three months after she was born. In Zhuangzi, she had to wash and cook by herself. In those days, her stepmother still refused to let her go and had her thrown into the river. He wanted to drown her, and after narrowly escaping death, she was sold to the Anlehou Mansion and worked as a slave.The servant of the moon. Later, by some strange combination of circumstances, I met His Highness Prince Zheng. On the second day after being taken back by the Ping family, many things happened to the Ping family. Everyone said that she controlled her father, mother, and family, and everyone in the Taira family would retreat when they saw her. Mel, can you imagine what it's like to live like that? Mom only occasionally gets scolded by your grandmother, and you only occasionally face your grandmother's difficulties, but you find it extremely difficult and hide in the house without coming out. But the princess was abandoned by everyone in the Taira family. Can you imagine what those days were like? " Touching her daughter's smooth face carefully.
Seeing her daughter's disbelief, she smiled softly, "I don't know how the princess came here, but she did. Within two days, she appeared at the Emperor's Wanshou Festival. Mom heard those rumors , and paid special attention to her. When the princess got off the carriage, my mother saw no anger, unwillingness, or hatred on the princess's face. I looked at Wen who was with Prince Zheng. Wan, it was a happy smile. It was a real smile, not a forced smile. Later, when she was made a princess, it was reported in the capital that all the money from the princess's dowry had been swallowed up by the Taira family members. It was given to the princess. But the princess donated all the money to the clan to let the clan leader repair the ancestral temple, buy property for the clan, and improve the lives of the clan members. When the princess was in trouble, they were not given. There is no help at all, but the princess is able to help them without any grudges. Meier, could you do it if it were you?" Mrs. Hua looked at her daughter's unpredictable face and knew that she had taken it seriously. Really started to think about it.
"The princess's father ignored her, but the princess treated him with great respect. People in the family were indifferent to her, but she was polite enough and even gave money to help them. She suffered so many grievances From now on, you can live happily every day. This is the purpose of Mom asking you to accompany the princess: Mom hopes that you can learn from the princess's open-mindedness and perseverance. Life in this world cannot be smooth sailing. There will always be unfavorable times of this kind. Only by facing life positively and keeping an open mind will you not suffer in the future. Meier, don't hate it. If you have hatred in your heart, you will be hurt. Me. Just like the princess, if she had hatred in her heart, she would not live so freely and happily. Meier, I hope you can live happily every day like this. It's a last resort, but you have to live your life well. Only by living this way can you live well. "The sooner you teach your daughter, the better."
"Mom, don't worry. My daughter will not let you down. My daughter will definitely learn more from Wen Wan in the future, and she won't let you worry about your daughter anymore. Mom, don't worry." Looking at the white-haired mother who was reborn Dear, Hua Meier's eyes were filled with tears.
"Well, I believe that my Mei'er will do well. Now, you should support the princess with your actual actions." After hearing this, Hua Mei'er nodded heavily.
Many years later, after Meier experienced many things, she was sincerely grateful for her mother's far-sightedness and insight. If she hadn't learned from Wen Wan, what she met later, and even her life, might have been in a different situation. Although she didn't know what it was, Meier knew it was definitely not good. But because she met Wenwan, she changed a lot and gave her a different understanding of the world. After learning about Baitai's life, she slowly changed her previous thoughts on everything. Let her suffer a lot less in the rest of her life. N years later, when chatting with her children and grandchildren, she said that there were two people she should be most grateful for in her life. One was her favorite and most respected person, her mother; the other was her best friend, Princess Wenwan.
Note: This is an additional update of sixty pink tickets. In addition, I would like to explain here that generally an additional update is 3,000 words. (To be continued)